Mäuschen
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɔʏ̯sçən/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Mäus‧chen
Noun
Mäuschen n (genitive Mäuschens, plural Mäuschen)
- diminutive of Maus (“mouse”)
- honey, sweetie, pumpkin (pet name)
- fly on the wall (someone, usually theoretical, who listens at a private meeting)
- Bei dem Gespräch wäre man gern Mäuschen gewesen.
- “You’d have liked to be a fly on the wall during that conversation.”
- Bei dem Gespräch wäre man gern Mäuschen gewesen.
- (possibly regional) the funny bone
Declension
Further reading
- Mäuschen in Duden online
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